The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – 02
I finished my first instalment of “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” with the promise to spend this second one with the Glenfiddich virtual reality whisky experience and how […]
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Let’s start defining Active and intelligent packaging Both active packaging and intelligent packaging involve functions, which go beyond the containment and protection of a product. The difference between the two […]
Interpack 2017 And Folding Cartons
Interpack 2017 is behind us, but I still have some items which I like to highlight. For this instalment it is the folding carton. The fun characteristic of folding cartons […]
Interpack 2017 And The Kindergarten
It is a pleasure to see young children being invited to visit a technical exhibition. And that’s what Interpack did. The photos show the amazing glances of what the children […]
Interpack 2017 And Bioplastics – 02
As I said yesterday we aren’t yet at the end of my selection. Today we meet with the updated portfolio of bio-based thermoplastic compounds from FKUR, the Flexfresh Waterless Internet […]
Interpack 2017 And Bioplastics
I like, for the second topic of my experiences at the Interpack 2017, to move to a sensitive development in packaging. You can also say it’s a sensible topic. Yesterday […]
Interpack 2017 and Serialization – 02
After my lecture yesterday about the necessity of serialisation for the food industry in relation to the criminal world, I promised to have a look at what several exhibitors at […]
Interpack 2017 and Serialization
Probably not what my readers expect from me for the first day of Interpack 2017, as this might not be a glamorous article. However it is of utmost importance for […]
Women On-The-Go – Part 02
As promised in previous article I continue here with a selection of convenient products and packaging for the women on-the-go. But before we have a look at the rest of […]
Women On-The-Go
In an article in Food Packaging by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Gil Horsky, global innovation head of Mondelēz Intl., argues that “Time is an increasingly precious resource and our multitasking lifestyles […]
The Market Of The Senior Consumer – A Challenge For The Packaged Goods Industry
End of last year Tetra Pak launched its Consumer Generations White Paper on “Seniors”, which analyses consumers by their age, needs and spending habits. It investigates senior consumer trends in […]
Autonomization In Packaging – Fresh Produce Cutter
I ended the second instalment of this series with the remark that the packaging field of fresh produce is lacking any autonomization development or design. Actually that’s not surprising as […]
Autonomization: Delegating New Functions To Packaging – Part 02 – Examples
In the first instalment of this series I gave an account about autonomization, in other words delegating extra functions to packaging. I argued that the contemporary consumer expects that packaging […]
Autonomization: Delegating New Functions To Packaging – Part 01
In a series of three articles I will relate about a fascinating phenomenon that we have seen evolving in the packaging arena over the last few years. We have seen […]
Emerging Non-Traditional Packaging Materials
Over the last years I have written a whole series of articles about developments that led to alternative packaging materials, in other words other than the well-known traditional plastics, glass, […]
Fresh Produce Packaging
For a long time now paper and paperboard have been the preferred packaging materials for fresh fruits and vegetables. I’m not talking about the portion packages, which are mainly plastic […]
Pre-Packaged Fresh Fruit And The Twitter Big Mouths
In some way this will be an article a little bit out of the ordinary, as I generally only relate about novelties in packaging technology and give sometimes my comments […]
Developments in Flexible Packaging – Part 02
In my previous article I promised that in this part we should take a look at the FPA Awards. But before we go there, I like to highlight one more […]
Developments in Flexible Packaging – Part 01
As is tradition each year the Flexible Packaging Association presents its Annual FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards and Innovation Showcase, which is supposed to feature flexible packaging solutions that meet […]
Interactive Packaging – Communication Via Labelling – Part 02
Besides the fun factor, which seems to be the most important part of packaging connectivity for some brands, there are two aspects in connecting a packaging to the internet, making […]
Wine In Portable, Single-Serve Packaging – Part 03
As I have said already in my previous article, the 2015 Gallo Consumer Wine Trends Survey, which intended to capture wine drinking attitudes and behaviours of Americans, found that 35% […]
Interactive Packaging – Communication Via Labelling
Labels are an extremely important communication tool. When I talk today about labelling, I don’t mean the “simple-sticking-a-piece-of-paper-or-plastic-to-a-packaging”. For my article today labelling for me encompasses all the information, which […]
Wine In Portable, Single-Serve Packaging – Part 02
(updated 01 April 2016) After revealing my objections against wine in beverage cans in my previous article, it’s time to take a look at some more creative designers for single-serve […]
From Dispensing Cap To Energy Pod – Part 04
Finally I’m ready to complete my overview of developments in dispensing supplements in beverages. After my overview of dispensing caps, it’s time to move to a new technology as far […]
Wine In Portable, Single-Serve Packaging
After a break of 3 months, I finally found my enthusiasm for packaging technology returning. To my readers, who worried about this 3 months silence and contacted me to stimulate […]
From Supplement Dispensing Cap to …. Part 03
I ended my part 02 of this series about dispensing caps with the remark that I haven’t yet seen a design I was hoping to see. Despite all claims of […]
Dangerous Idiocy In Packaging Interactivity
With the AIPIA “Active & Intelligent Packaging World” Congress just weeks away (to be held in Utrecht/the Netherlands 18 and 19 Nov) I want today reflect on some critical notes […]
From Supplement Dispensing Cap to …. Part 02
We continue our overview of recent developments in dispensing caps for sensitive vitamins and supplements. The next one is the ShinsenCap, in which I also miss the universality. In other […]
From Supplement Dispensing Cap to Energy Pod
Over the years I have written a variety of articles about dispensing caps. Here is a list of them if you are interested to read what is or was in […]
New Technologies In Milk Cartons
The last months various novelties have been published about the beverage carton (TetraPak, SIG, Elopak). Various, like TetraPak and Elopak, introduced new environmental-friendly material. SIG introduced a series of very […]
Consumer Interactivity With Fresh Produce
In recent years the fresh produce media published articles showing that the Australian fresh fruit and vegetables growers are aggressively trying to set up a market in (for them) nearby […]
Creativity in Pizza Box Design
Besides the health risks in pizza boxes, I detailed in a previous article, the market of pizzas also is a really dull one. All home-delivered pizzas are transported and presented […]
Interactivity With Beer
According to Molson Coors, consumer preferences in beer are shifting away from heavy glass packaging to lighter aluminium cans and PET bottle formats and not only because of its convenience […]
Health Risks In Pizza Boxes
The frozen ready-to-eat pizza market and the (home-delivered) pizza products of junk food outlets suffer in the face of health and “real food” trends, the processed food stereotype. This view […]
New Technologies To Improve Plastic Bottles
Over the last years glass bottles and jars have been replaced by plastic (mainly PET, PE or PP) and this change in packaging format will continue as currently a debate […]
Novelties In Snack Packaging
Last year Yasemin Özdemir, market analyst at Innova Market Insights, stated that while health would continue to define the future of snacks, indulgence must be considered an equal product dimension. […]
Novelties in Packaging Material
A global survey, carried out this year for Tetra Pak, across 12 different countries, concludes that environment is an increasingly important factor in consumers’ purchasing decisions. More than three-quarters claimed […]
Packaging For The “Radical Chic” Culture – Part 02
In my previous article about “Packaging For The “Radical Chic” Culture” I detailed the general development in the market, the requirements of the consumer in relation to the packaging and […]
Recent Novelties In Beauty Packaging
One of the pleasures of living in the Amazon Delta is that your internet connection can fail for several days. Why it’s a pleasure? Well, you rediscover life as it […]
Packaging For The “Radical Chic” Culture
Beginning of this month Pack2Go Europe and the (US) Foodservice Packaging Institute held a joint meeting in London. I had the pleasure to be invited as a speaker. In my […]
The Skinny-ePak Technology
In the last few weeks there has been quite some attention of the professional packaging media for the SkinnyPack, as it was the 2015 Diamond Winner of the DuPont Awards […]
Image Recognition Technology In Packaging
When we, as packaging professionals, hear or read about image recognition technology, the first images entering our brains are the applications in automatic packaging lines and robotic activities. Although developed […]
The Evolution Of The Bag-In-Box – 02
The last years the wine market changed and wine received a wide popularity as alternative to beer, but was still only marketed in bottles. No renowned ‘chateau’ would spend a […]
Five Recent Packaging Innovations
In two articles I will show 10 new packaging developments, which recently reached my desk. We will see new Eco-Paper made from hazelnut shells, an elegant closure in glass for […]
The Evolution Of The Bag-In-Box
Coca-Cola isn’t the only one celebrating some milestone in its history. In this case the 100th birthday of the iconic Coca-Cola bottle. There are more celebrations of milestones in packaging […]
Developments In Packaging Material – 02
Yesterday was Earth Day, so let’s have a look at sustainability first, before we take a look at the latest developments in packaging material. Consumer goods companies, which push so-called […]
The Afterlife Of An Egg Packaging
It is estimated that in the UK over 12 billion eggs a year are consumed, of which, according to Nielsen (June 2013), 47% are purchased from retail stores, 22% are […]
Luxury Drinks Packaging
Luxury drinks packaging of course isn’t an interesting item in terms of packaging technology. More often than not it’s a limited edition of some sort of exclusive spirit, whisky or […]
Novelties In Milk Packaging
Milk is one of the most consumed beverages in the US and Europe with a growing popularity in emerging economies. It has been proclaimed as being healthy from the moment […]
Developments in Packaging Material
In one of my previous articles about the flexible packaging awards I published a photo of Research Institute VTT in Finland regarding a large surface light emitting plastic film based […]
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